Intel intends to denounce $190 million expansion of Colorado chip factory

U.S. local time on September 25th (Beijing time September 26th) news, according to foreign media reports, Intel said the day before, the next 14 months, will invest $190 million to expand in the American state of Colorado Springs chip factory. Intel said it would set up second chips on the ground floor of the original Springs chip factory building. After the completion of the new plant, Intel will be in the clean room (clean room) area to develop the latest technology to produce microprocessors, the rest of the production of the company's communications sector products. Intel opened the Springs plant in March 2001, but only half of the planned area of the original plant area, the factory mainly produces mobile phones and other wireless devices flash memory chips.

Intel said last year that it would invest $400 million in the future to expand the Springs plant in the second part. Plus $190 million announced on Thursday, by 2008, Intel's total investment in the expansion of the Springs plant will be as high as $590 million. Since July 2004, the company has added 109 jobs at the Springs plant, and plans to add hundreds of employees over the next three years.

At present, the total number of employees in the Springs plant is 905. Intel communications department director Judi - Cara (Judy Cara) said, is still unable to determine the specific amount and the specific time in the new position, and expressed by Katrina (Katrina) hurricane, retained the 10 position of the company for Hurricane evacuees. Intel said, Springs plant expansion project will be carried out immediately, and is expected to be put into use in the second half of 2007.